Assessment of fattening performance and slaughtering characteristics of young bulls from Aberdeen Angus breed, Volyn Meat breed, and Charolais breed

Effects of dietary vitamin E supplementation on performance and meat characteristics in fattening bulls from the Belgian Blue breed

An experiment was conducted to study effects of dietary vitamin E supplementation on animal performance, slaughter characteristics and meat quality traits in Belgian Blue double-muscled bulls. Two groups of six bulls each were offered (close to ad libitum) a fattening diet based on sugar beet pulp for 154 days, at which time they were slaughtered. The diet given to the control group (CG) contai...

Performance to Weaning of Three-Breed Cross Calves Sired by Charolais and Limousin Bulls

Various two-breed cross cow groups were mated to Charolais and Limousin bulls to produce a total of574 three-breed cross calves over a two-year period. Average birth weights were 81.2 Ib and 76.2 Ib for calves produced from Charolais and Limousin sires, respectively. Calving assistance was required for 12.4 percent ofCharolais-sired calves and 4.0 percent of the Limousin-sired calves. Charolais...

Breed and Heterosis Effect in Crosses among the Angus, Brahman, and Charolais Cattle Breeds

Angus Based Breed Mean Yearling Wt . EPD

Efficiency seems to be a global buzzword that is thrown about with multiple, and often unclear, meanings. Generally it is used in the context of improved feed utilization or reproductive performance. However the premise of this paper is to argue that efficiency can also be gained by simply using available genetic resources in a more optimal manor. An example of optimal use is the clear delineat...

The effects of breed and level of nutrition on whole-body and muscle protein metabolism in pure-bred Aberdeen angus and Charolais beef steers.

Eighteen pure-bred steers (live weight 350 kg) from each of two breeds, Aberdeen Angus (AA) and Charolais (CH), were split into three equal groups (six animals each) and offered three planes of nutrition during a 20-week period. The same ration formulation was offered to all animals with amounts adjusted at 3-week intervals to give predicted average weight gains of either 1.0 kg/d (M/M group) o...